斬釘截鐵

See also: 斩钉截铁

Chinese

		behead; chop	nail	a section; cut off (a length)	iron
trad. (斬釘截鐵)		斬	釘	截	鐵
simp. (斩钉截铁)		斩	钉	截	铁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎndīngjiétiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaam² deng¹ zit⁶ tit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chám-teng-chia̍t-thih

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎndīngjiétiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎndingjiétiě
    • Wade–Giles: chan³-ting¹-chieh²-tʻieh³
    • Yale: jǎn-dīng-jyé-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaandingjyetiee
    • Palladius: чжаньдинцзете (čžanʹdinczete)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaam² deng¹ zit⁶ tit³
    • Yale: jáam dēng jiht tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaam² deng¹ dzit⁹ tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zam² déng¹ jid⁶ tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːm³⁵ tɛːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚² tʰiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chám-teng-chia̍t-thih
    • Tâi-lô: tsám-ting-tsia̍t-thih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zafmdengciadtiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚⁴⁻³² tʰiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ³³ t͡siɛt̚²⁴⁻² tʰiʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚⁴⁻³² tʰiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛt̚⁴⁻³² tʰiʔ³²/

Idiom

斬釘截鐵

1. resolute and decisive; categorical